84: Exit 8

Ashin.

Today we're talking about the Japanese film Exit 8.

This is a movie that came out in Japan in August of last year, 2025, and it just had its North American release on April 10th of this year, 2026.

And It only ran for, I think, a very short period of time.

As most, I guess, foreign films, they don't get a whole lot of play in the U.S., but I was able to see it in theaters, and then I think the rest of you guys streamed it recently.

The movie is based on a game called the same title, I believe.

and directed by Genki Kawamura, who I'd never heard of.

He doesn't even have a Wikipedia page, at least not an English one.

I looked around.

He's done such stellar films as being a writer on Doraemon, Nobita's Treasure Island.

And... did the screenplay for Doraemon, the movie Nobita's New Dinosaur.

So this guy's really got a bunch of power behind him.

The director also contributed to the screenplay.

And the game, Exit 8, is by Kotake Create.

I've never played the game.

I guess before we get into the game stuff, who wants to take a stab at a brief description of the plot of the movie? How about Nick, you want to take a swing?

Yeah, sure.

So I think it's relatively simple to explain.

The movie is about a gentleman who I believe is nameless.

I believe he's just referred to as the Lost Man.

in the movie and the credits who is riding a subway train like any other it takes place in Japan and just like any other Japanese commuter he seems to be on a train he gets a phone call from his ex, who kind of nervously tells him that she's at the hospital, and she just discovered she is

pregnant,

and it is inferred that it is his child, and she is scared and uncertain of what to do, and he kind of starts to have a panic attack and tries to figure out... what he wants to do as well and during that kind of you know confusion and stupor he exits a train and somehow wanders into an infinitely looping corridor of subway exits and The rest of the movie is him kind of understanding the rules on how to get to exit number eight.

He starts at exit zero.

And the rules kind of state that he needs to observe, look for any anomalies.

Ashin.

Today we're talking about the Japanese film Exit 8.

This is a movie that came out in Japan in August of last year, 2025, and it just had its North American release on April 10th of this year, 2026.

And It only ran for, I think, a very short period of time.

As most, I guess, foreign films, they don't get a whole lot of play in the U.S., but I was able to see it in theaters, and then I think the rest of you guys streamed it recently.

The movie is based on a game called the same title, I believe.

and directed by Genki Kawamura, who I'd never heard of.

He doesn't even have a Wikipedia page, at least not an English one.

I looked around.

He's done such stellar films as being a writer on Doraemon, Nobita's Treasure Island.

And... did the screenplay for Doraemon, the movie Nobita's New Dinosaur.

So this guy's really got a bunch of power behind him.

The director also contributed to the screenplay.

And the game, Exit 8, is by Kotake Create.

I've never played the game.

I guess before we get into the game stuff, who wants to take a stab at a brief description of the plot of the movie? How about Nick, you want to take a swing?

Yeah, sure.

So I think it's relatively simple to explain.

The movie is about a gentleman who I believe is nameless.

I believe he's just referred to as the Lost Man.

in the movie and the credits who is riding a subway train like any other it takes place in Japan and just like any other Japanese commuter he seems to be on a train he gets a phone call from his ex, who kind of nervously tells him that she's at the hospital, and she just discovered she is

pregnant,

and it is inferred that it is his child, and she is scared and uncertain of what to do, and he kind of starts to have a panic attack and tries to figure out... what he wants to do as well and during that kind of you know confusion and stupor he exits a train and somehow wanders into an infinitely looping corridor of subway exits and The rest of the movie is him kind of understanding the rules on how to get to exit number eight.

He starts at exit zero.

And the rules kind of state that he needs to observe, look for any anomalies.